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Karen McDougal at Playboy's Super Bowl Party at the Sagamore Hotel Miami, Florida February 6, 2010

Settlement Allows Former Playboy Model To Open Up About Alleged Affair With Trump

American Media Inc. agreed to allow a former Playboy model to be released from a contract with the tabloid news company on Wednesday that prohibited her from talking freely about an alleged affair with Donald Trump, according to the New York Times. The settlement will end the lawsuit brought by Karen McDougal and would also protect President Trump from being drawn into a legal

RAFAH CROSSING-GAZA STRIP: Palestinian children take part in a protest organized by the Hamas movement in front of the Rafah border crossing on July 13, 2009

Israel Warns Iran On Military Buildup In Syria, Won't Send Jets To U.S. Drill

Reports say Israel has cancelled plans to send warplanes to a joint military exercises with the U.S. over concerns about Iran’s buildup of forces in Syria, NBC News reported. Israeli media reported the decision not to send F-15 jets to the drill in Alaska, linking the decison to worries over a possible Iranian attack, potentially involving an armed drone, the report said. An

In this Monday, April 16, 2018 photo, people look out of their damage apartment windows just meters away from where the alleged chemical weapons attack occurred in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria

Belgian Companies Being Probed For Possibly Selling Chemical Weapon Ingredients To Syria

Belgian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether three Belgian firms provided a chemical to Syria that could have been used to make chemical weapons in violation of sanctions imposed in 2013 in response to a chemical attack outside Damascus, Buzzfeed News reports. The investigation was launched after researchers from bellingcat.com and the Flemish news

France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, address the media during a press conference after a pre-G20 meeting in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 29, 2017.

Merkel Likely To Challenge Macron While Planning Euro Zone Reform Proposals

French President Emmanuel Macron has lofty goals for the European Union reform and while he has been counting on cooperation from Germany, France's closest Euro zone ally, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to offer some resistance due to domestic pressures, according to National Public Radio. Merkel and Macron are scheduled to meet in Berlin on Thursday to discuss his

In this July 1, 2013, file photo, polluting smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in Colstrip, Montana.

Nearly Half Of Americans Breathe Polluted Air, Lung Association Finds

Health researchers say more than two of every five Americans reside in counties with unhealthy levels of smog and air pollution, thanks largely to the effect of global warming, CBS News reports. Ozone levels spiked in the United States in 2016, which was the nation's second-hottest year on record, according to the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report,

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018.

SpaceX Launches Rocket Carrying NASA Satellite To Hunt For Alien Worlds

Space Exploration Technologies successfully launched a NASA satellite known as TESS, or the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. Elon Musk's company was able to help the space agency begin the search for planets that exist outside our solar system, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SpaceX said it successfully

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Study Says Half of All Coral in the Great Barrier Reef Has Died Since 2016

Marine heat waves are killing off the corals in Australia's Great Barrier Reef after being brought on by global warming, according to a new study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. CNN explained that the Great Barrier Reef went through an extended marine heat wave in 2016 that created widespread coral bleaching and a massive die-off of corals, especially along the

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa lights the Independence flame during the country 38th Independence celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Wednesday, April, 18, 2018.

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Zimbabwe marks first independence day without Mugabe

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa lights the ‘Eternal Flame of Freedom’ during Zimbabwe Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium on Wednesday.—AFP HARARE: Zimbabwe on Wednesday marked its first independence day without Robert Mugabe in power, with new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks with an aide during a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards.

170 Lawmakers Sign Resolution Calling For The Resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

A group of 170 legislators signed a resolution which was introduced on Wednesday that calls for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign, according to The Hill. The group was made up of 39 senators and 131 representatives that co-signed how they had "no confidence in the Administrator" of the EPA and were "calling for the immediate resignation of the

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, One of the six nooses are prepared for men sentenced to death at a jail in Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghanistan has hanged six men convicted of terrorism, signaling a tougher approach toward the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani's office says he

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Package bomber set to be executed in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A package bomber who created a wave of terror across the South is scheduled to be executed in Alabama, nearly 30 years after killing a federal judge with a bomb mailed to his home. Walter Leroy Moody Jr, 83, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday. At his 1996 trial, prosecutors described Moody as a coward who committed murder by mail

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference at the IMF in Washington, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015

Global debt has reached record high: IMF

With public debt currently at historic highs in advanced and emerging market economies, the IMF has advised countries to avoid policies that increase economic fluctuations. PTI @moneycontrolcom With public debt currently at historic highs in advanced and emerging market economies, the IMF has advised countries to avoid policies that increase economic fluctuations. Vitor Gaspar,

In this Jan. 30, 2015 file photo, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani.

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German Jihadist Tied to 9/11 Attacks Caught in Syria: Kurdish Commander

Qamishli: A Syrian-born German national accused of helping

Kisenosato Yutaka is a sumo wrestler from Ibaraki, Japan

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Female mayor visits JSA, seeks end to male-only sumo tradition

A female mayor of a city in western Japan visited the Japan Sumo Association on Thursday and asked the sport's governing body to reconsider its longstanding male-only rules and adopt gender equality. Takarazuka Mayor Tomoko Nakagawa, who was refused entry into

The S-400 Triumf (Russian: C-400 Триумф, Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300PMU-3, is an anti-aircraft weapon system developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family.

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U.S. Admiral warns against sanctioning India over Russia defence purchase

A top U.S. admiral has warned Congress against imposing any sanctions on countries like India and Indonesia for purchasing defence equipment from Russia, saying any such move would pose a concern for America’s defence ties in the Indo-Pacific and increase its partners’ dependence on Moscow. Admiral Philip S Davidson, the nominee for the US Pacific Command Commander (PACOM),

Representative image. Muslim women a niqab that covers the face which is worn by a small minority of Muslim women as a part of a particular interpretation of hijab.

Police: Attackers hurl acid at 3 female students in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani police say a group of men on motorcycles hurled acid at three female university students in the city

Magnitude 5.5 quake strikes southern Iran; felt in Bahrain

DUBAI: The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck in southern Iran near a nuclear plant, shaking Bahrain

Indian Women Protest Against Rape at Kolkata on Wednesday 18 April 2018

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'Question your sons' says Indian PM Modi amid ongoing rape outrage

(CNN)Faced with a growing torrent of outrage both at home and abroad, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved to address his country's persistent issue with sexual violence, asserting "rape is rape" and should not be politicized. The comments come amid stinging criticism from India's former leader over Modi's alleged mishandling of the issue, following a string of

Statement of Federica Mogherini on the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump on Jerusalem, Brussels

EU says may impose more sanctions on Venezuela if democracy undermined

By Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS, April 19 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Thursday it could impose further sanctions on Venezuela if it believes democracy is being undermined there, after its president called for elections next month that the main opposition has said it will boycott. EU foreign affairs chief Federica

Young people with daffodils gather for non-official anniversary ceremonies in tribute to the fighters of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by the site of a wartime bunker where the last fighters, rounded by Nazi Germans, committed suicide, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, April 19, 2018.

Poland marks 75th anniversary of uprising in Warsaw Ghetto

WARSAW, Poland (AP) " People in Warsaw pinned paper daffodils to their clothes as the Polish capital began a day of commemorations Thursday on the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.Sirens will wail, church bells will toll and newscasters on TV, politicians and regular citizens are wearing the daffodils in what has become a symbol of mourning for the Jews who died

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office.

US Senate allows babies in chamber

WASHINGTON: In a rare move, the US Senate has voted unanimously to allow the babies of its members into the chamber. The rule change was done on Wednesday to accommodate senators with newborn babies, allowing them now to be able to bring their less than one

Wells Fargo Faces $1 Billion Fine

Facebook To Move 1.5 Billion Users From Ireland To U.S. To Escape EU Privacy Laws

Trump Sees Talks With North Korea As Chance To Negotiate Release Of U.S. Prisoners